Palestine High School Alumni Association

Jack Graves Jr 1962 Born 02-04-1944 Died 10-06-1985 Age 41

02 / 04 / 1944  –  10 / 06 / 1985

Services for Jack Graves Jr., 41 of San Mateo, California will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in Bailey & Foster Chapel with Revs. Leroy T. Stanton and Lawrence Herbert officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Park.

Mr. Graves died Sunday, October 6, 1985 from injuries received in an airplane crash.  He was born in Henderson on February 4, 1944, a son of Jack Graves Sr. and Pauline Thompson Graves, currently of Palestine.

A Methodist, Mr. Graves was a 1962 graduate of Palestine High School and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1967. At the time of his death, he was executive vice president of the Bohannon Development Corporation in San Mateo.

Survivors include daughters Susan Lynn Graves and Jennifer Addah Graves of Phoenix, Arizona; his parents, sister June Sikes of Longview and brother Jerry Lynn Graves of Stephenville.

Condolence calls will be received at the Jack Graves Sr. residence.

Pallbearers are George Page, Phil Jenkins, Roger Henderson, Curtis Fitzgerald, Charles Coates and Dan Hawkins.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 10-08-1985